1849 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1849 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Liberal
[edit] Events
- 13 January - Second Anglo-Sikh War: British forces retreat from the Battle of Chillianwala.
- 22 January - Second Anglo-Sikh War: The city of Multan falls to the British East India Company following the Siege of Multan.
- 21 February - Second Anglo-Sikh War: British victory at the Battle of Gujarat.
- 29 March - The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
- 21 April - Irish Potato Famine: 96 inmates of the overcrowded Ballinrobe Union Workhouse die over the course of the preceding week from illness and other famine-related conditions, a record high.
- 19 May - Irishman William Hamilton arrested after shooting blank shots at Queen Victoria.[1]
- 13 December - Foundation stone of Llandovery College is laid.
- December - the Royal Adelaide sinks off Margate with the loss of 250 lives.[2]
[edit] Undated
- The Navigation Acts repealed.[3]
[edit] Ongoing
- Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849)
[edit] Publications
- Serialisation of Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield.
[edit] Births
- 13 February - Lord Randolph Churchill, statesman (died 1895)
- 24 November - Frances Hodgson Burnett, author (died 1924)
- 29 November - John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer and inventor (died 1945)
[edit] Deaths
- 22 May - Maria Edgeworth, novelist (born 1767)
- 25 May - Benjamin d'Urban, general and colonial administrator (born 1777)
- 28 May - Anne Brontë, author (born 1820)
- 12 July - Horace Smith, author (born 1779)
- 6 September - Edward Stanley, Bishop of Norwich (born 1779)
- 2 December - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen of William IV of the United Kingdom (born 1792)
- 12 December - Marc Isambard Brunel, engineer (born 1769, France)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1840-1860. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
- ^ William L. R. Cates (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
